24.7 mph with boosted C43
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From: Rochester, MN
sounds like airplane
24.7 mph with boosted C43
Recently went to St. Louis for worldstreetchallenge and we drove my Cutlass and C43 down.
We ran through 4 tanks with the Cutlass (30.5 highway on the way down, 28.8 some highway some in the city, 30.5 with a mix again and finally 32.2 highway with cooler temperatures driving home at night on sunday) and 3 with the C43 (24.2 on the way down, 20.0 highway and idling around at the show etc. mix and lastly 24.7 mph driving home with the cooler temps)
also of note is that after driving at highway speeds even at 70-80 degree ambient temperatures my intercooler core is actually COLD to the touch. I will finally have an iat gauge installed after this coming weekend to really be able to see/show how it functions under heavy driving.
what are other peoples mileages looking like?
Obviously i was staying out of the boost generally with those tanks!
We ran through 4 tanks with the Cutlass (30.5 highway on the way down, 28.8 some highway some in the city, 30.5 with a mix again and finally 32.2 highway with cooler temperatures driving home at night on sunday) and 3 with the C43 (24.2 on the way down, 20.0 highway and idling around at the show etc. mix and lastly 24.7 mph driving home with the cooler temps)
also of note is that after driving at highway speeds even at 70-80 degree ambient temperatures my intercooler core is actually COLD to the touch. I will finally have an iat gauge installed after this coming weekend to really be able to see/show how it functions under heavy driving.
what are other peoples mileages looking like?
Obviously i was staying out of the boost generally with those tanks!
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From: Rochester, MN
sounds like airplane
ya- not on road trips i've been under 15 with a couple of tanks recently...
i think with stock i normally got about 20 with mixed driving- never did a road trip highway only measurement
i think with stock i normally got about 20 with mixed driving- never did a road trip highway only measurement
